IChannel - searchable?

[Anthony Musgrove 195]

Hi all,

just a general question regarding implementing a channel.  I've implemented the channel using IChannel, and it works great.

 

I'd like to know if it were possible to include the Channel in the Emby Search engine.  I found the ISearchableChannel interface, however I've noticed it doesn't implement any functions.  I figured maybe it was ISupportsMediaProbe, that also doesn't implement anything.

If anyone has experience with Channel development and could shed some light that'd be great.  I basically want it searchable, so the user types something into the search box, and Emby queries my Channel (ie, a Search function within IChannel)

 

Maybe @chef has had some experience with this one.

Thankyou so much

Edited June 15, 2020 by Anthony.Musgrove

[Anthony Musgrove 195]

Nevermind, I figured this one out myself.  For anyone else wondering, IChannel automatically supports search functionality.  In my example, I found that it searched for the Media Items, not Folders.

 

[Luke 37008]

The search function does not get routed to your plugin, but rather, once content is imported, then it will be handled by the core search.

[Anthony Musgrove 195]

9 hours ago, Luke said:

The search function does not get routed to your plugin, but rather, once content is imported, then it will be handled by the core search.

Thank you mate, makes a lot more sense now